the brave man (Tale 34)

Family: Arikara · Role: brave man · First appears: Tale 34 · The Man and the Water-Dogs

Life events

The Water-Dogs received the brave man into their lodge and offered him refuge.(Tale 34 · The Man and the Water-Dogs)
- “The leader showed much mercy toward the man and told him not to be afraid of any man; and that if he should ever get hurt he was to come right to the water and the Dogs would be glad to receive him.”
The brave man's relatives and his wife's relatives separated from the village and did not return.(Tale 34 · The Man and the Water-Dogs · 📍 the village)
- With: the brave man's wife (Tale 34)
- “The man’s relatives gathered with the woman’s relatives and they separated from the village, to return no more. They went in the night, and before morning they camped.”
The brave man and some young men killed a man and a woman.(Tale 34 · The Man and the Water-Dogs · 📍 the village)
- With: the man killed in the village (Tale 34) the woman killed in the village (Tale 34)
- “Some young men and the famous one came to the village and killed a man and a woman.”

married with the brave man's wife (Tale 34) “He entered his house and saw his wife.”

Extracted from the original text of Traditions of the Arikara. Made with Rho MD.